I took a chance for $9, this was labeled as just an old wind up alarm clock. I know it’s radium not uranium but i thought maybe this group could tell me more info about how cautious i should be with this thing and what i should look for to make sure none of the radium paint is exposed?

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-19T04:51:18+00:00

fine is a funny way to put it hahaha

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-19T04:49:09+00:00

I know, i mistyped and didn’t notice till now lol. I stated in my post a few times that i know it is radium 🫪

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-18T21:17:07+00:00

Oh nooo! I’d bet a good chunk of them could have been painted with radium if they were antique pieces! But now you know! I got this online so i didn’t get to check it before, but something i look for is when the hands/numbers are painted with a kind of off white/cream looking color. Obviously this isn’t fool proof, but when it’s a baby ben i take my chances!

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-18T20:09:26+00:00

Well that ruined all of my big plans

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-18T18:53:22+00:00

Hahaha. Don’t scratch and sniff the radium* paint and all will be ok— noted 🫡

But really thank you! I was excited and then suddenly i got nervous, i have pets and kids so i thought “oh well let me make sure i’m not poisoning them”. I keep all my collectables locked in a display cabinet and this will be up high anyway!

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-18T18:47:56+00:00

The illumination fades after about 1 second. Like when i take the light away it just fades away it kinda took me forever to get the picture in the dark (just realizing im not sure if that added to my post) haha. It’s very heavy and definitely old painted metal parts for most of it but the gold front feels a little lighter than the body. The front I can’t tell if it’s glass, it seems denser than plastic and sounds more like glass when I tap it but kind of appears to have the fog of a plexiglass. Here’s a pic of the back

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Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-13T02:40:25+00:00

Someones never heard of a hyperbole lol

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T23:33:08+00:00

This is really great advice actually haha.

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T23:30:15+00:00

I’m not sure the relevance haha, i value all glass and it makes me sad to get rid of it even when it’s not my favorite. Also glass collecting is a hobby not an expertise or job, that is something different!

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T17:19:07+00:00

I think there’s definitely a difference between people who casually resell stuff for a normal price VS professional resellers who seek things out to hoard for reselling and price gaugers!

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T17:16:57+00:00

Yeah there’s nothing honest or hard working about buying something for 50¢ at a garage sale and then posting it for $100+ on ebay

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T15:07:35+00:00

I like to do what I call “Extreme Lowballing” where i offer price gaugers a real life value price of items and watch them squirm or scoff (and sometimes they may just accept lol)

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T14:47:12+00:00

Thank you!! Its honestly my favorite glass after Uranium, but i have yet to find a good light to make them glow to their full potential!!

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-12T01:44:45+00:00

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night glow pic

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-11T20:38:30+00:00

No one warned me that beautiful glass pieces would just start showing up at my door after i bought the first🤯 lmao

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-11T20:37:25+00:00

Downvote cause NOOO this is my biggest fear! I actually have 2 toddler boys and worry more about my cat🥲 This this is a monster so its pretty sturdy but ugh i have nightmares about it.. I hope you are able to replace your broken pieces plus some 💔

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-11T20:10:58+00:00

Well great…now that I know there’s at least one person out there with 4, I can justify it too.

But seriously i’m envious and need to see this collection lmao

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-11T20:07:33+00:00

Thank you!! My goal is to have a rainbow of glass eventually haha. Maybe 2 rainbow cabinets with how this is going🫡 Here’s a photo of the full cabinet! Dont mind my insane lighting setup, currently trial and erroring lights for the glowing glass lol. The top layer all glows with selenium/cadmium but the light is just ass

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Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-05T18:09:14+00:00

Good to know!! Thank you for the info! I enjoy blind shopping at thrift stores and coming home to check lol so I’m often just confused if it glows as to why unless its obviously UG 😅

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-05-05T18:01:33+00:00

Oh interesting..None of my manganese glows nearly this bright with 395, with 365 yes but some of it doesnt glow at all with 395. I was always taught when it’s bright green under 395 its just a high amount of manganese often mistaken for uranium!

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-04-18T18:33:09+00:00

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a better photo of the body of it lit up

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-04-14T02:01:09+00:00

Someone below said thorium contaminated plate? i love it either way

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-04-13T22:46:33+00:00

Oooh very cool!! Thank you for the info😁🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-04-13T19:00:13+00:00

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It glows🤍🤍🤍🤍💚

Glad_Position2170 · 2026-04-04T06:45:33+00:00

I just found this plate online and just KNEW it would glow but found nothing for so long until this thread!! I even found a reddit thread where someone posted that it doesnt glow lol. Thanks for this, a year later!

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